Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2017-06-12 19:35
Karl,
First, let me say that I greatly value your posts. I enjoy the knowledge you offer the forum and am always interested to see what you have to say.
In this issue, I feel that the answers have all taken certain things for granted, which aren't necessarily true. The OP voices self-doubt, but that's normal for anyone looking to spend 1/4 of their annual income on a single purchase. We'd all be afraid of making the wrong choice, but that doesn't mean we're incapable of making the right choice...there might be several "right choices" - all being choices which would meet (or exceed) our needs.
Also, the quality of the teacher: I do not know this teacher, and do not intend to voice anything disparaging about this particular teacher. Let us assume for this discussion that this teacher is "the best teacher ever." However, we do know there are bad teachers out there...we know because we've experienced them, seen the results of their workings, or heard about them. Automatically assuming all teachers are good is just as ill-advised as assuming all teachers are bad. Teachers come in varying degrees. For me (yes, given experience and age), I mark a teacher down for demanding a certain make/model - especially in the face of the student having done their own homework, and having voiced a preference towards specific well-qualified products.
Also, the type/style/venues which the OP plans to play. Outdoors? Busking? Concert Halls? Classical? Pop? Folk? Jazz? Military? Freelance? Commercial? Studio? We don't know with certainty where the OP sees himself in the next 5-10 years. The answer to these questions would also play a roll in which instruments he should be evaluating.
Yes, I think we all are "filtering this through the lens of [our] own greater level of security" - which, of course is what makes this bboard so great!
With Highest Regards,
Fuzzy
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